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On the road out of Atherstone going towards Colesill there was a warning triangle warning sign with nk image. Underneath there was a plate saying Pheasants. First someone painted out the 'h', then someone stuck a picture of a roast pheasant in the middle of the triangle. Hope its still there.

Any implications with batteries for signalling?

Wasnt there one tube line that had the rails in reverse polarity compared to the rest of the system? Think the Central London Railway. Something to do with earth leakage to the cast iron tunnel lining. The Central Line tunnels are smaller than the Yerkes tubes. Apologies if I have misremembered.

Are they common in Nottingham, duck?

They have been around for years. Think its a generic sign warning of ducks, geese, swans and albatrosses. And pterodactyls in Milton Keynes

There used to be a power station till 1976 on the road out towards Caton. Close enough to supply a sub station at Green Ayre. Lancaster Corporation then the nationalised generating board owned it. It was by the canal aqueduct. Stuff on wiki about lancaster power station.

Lancashire council wanted the bridge over the river for a road to Morecambe. They offered BR a shedload of cash, so BR shut Wennington - Morecambe via Hornby and Caton instead of Wennington - Carnforth.

Are these the tings we used to se at Skipton where Tesco is now? They had to warm up the bitumen with propane before road vehicles too the product away You can see some in this image of Skipton https://www.flickr.com/photos/neil_harvey_railway_photos/6891733183

Winter 1962 timetable here https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer.php?token=046b6de6-0f7e-4423-906b-98d9bcdf6f0a Link goes to an image of a page of a London Midland region timetable.

How is this managed at places like Mitre Bridge and where the North London Line changes between 25Kv and DC (Willesden isnt it?), and Drayton Park, and on Thameslink?

Thrre is a footbridge over the west coast line near Stonebridge Park here Dropped pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/wKmY2YLrfGwLnr5X7 Dont hang around there too late into the evening. Nearest station is Wembley Station on the line out of Marylebone. Crosses the Watford DC lines, the West Coast Line...

Who owns the trademark?

What about the Keighley and Worth Valley? Not the prettiest but seems to get bums on seats. Spose Haworth is a draw.

Heater controls that dont try and double guess what you want. If I turn the temperature up it doesnt mean I want the fan on full blast. If I do, then i will twiddle the knob to turn the fan up. And they should remember how they were set when you turn the ignition off, so you dont have to...

Bear in mind that while the war ended in Europe 8th May 1945 the war against Japan continued till 15 august. So while air raids ended the country was still on a war footing. Then the A bomb changed everything.

fixed it for you!!!!

People are skint and preserved railways are expensive days out. A small part of the population still scared of catching COVID. After the lockdowns and travel restrictions. people just want to go to the sun this year. A wet week in Rhyl doesnt appeal. Public transport has become traumatically...

Announcing you have cashflow problems will alarm suppliers and banks who may buy their debt. So you suddenly find yourself having to pay up front for everything instead of 30-60 days later. Thats what made Woolies go bust.

My dad was sent to Sapa flow just after VE day by the RAF. The trains were all late and i think it tool one and a half days. So I think some of the timetables quoted above were not realistic. He implied other journies during the blackout were long, overcrowded and tedious, with long waits on...

what are the SVR doing using all that leccy? I would have thought coal and diesel would have been a bigger issue for them.